Forced mastication increases survival of adult neural stem cells in the hippocampal dentate gyrus

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 307-314

  Akazawa, Yuki ^a   Kitamura, Takamasa ^b   Fujihara, Yuri ^a   Yoshimura, Yoshitaka ^c   Mitome, Masato ^a,b   Hasegawa, Tomokazu ^a  

^a TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Induced mastication; Neural stem cell; Proliferation; Survival

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING; FOOD TEXTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MASTICATION; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DENTATE GYRUS; DIET; EATING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MASTICATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84873182824     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2012.1217     Document Type: Article

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